BajaNomad - A not recommended method of getting out of a ticket

A not recommended method of getting out of a ticket

rpleger - 10-15-2008 at 12:13 AM

Good story.....

baitcast - 10-15-2008 at 05:00 AM

Thats rich,good for her :lol:

Rob

fdt - 10-15-2008 at 05:16 AM

Yes, yes, good for her!
Felicidades.

Bob and Susan - 10-15-2008 at 05:49 AM

"pollerudo"

CaboRon - 10-15-2008 at 06:37 AM

Phil S - 10-15-2008 at 07:42 AM

I'm not telling my wife about this story. With my luck, she'd try it and it would backfire, and we'd end up in the "hoosgow"!!!!!!

Paulina - 10-15-2008 at 07:56 AM

A woman after my own heart. Good for her.

P<*)))>{

Go, Angel!

Lee - 10-15-2008 at 09:19 AM

BRAVO!!!! (Sounds like you know who in La Paz!)

Can I borrow your wife??

thebajarunner - 10-15-2008 at 09:37 AM

Last week a CHPette pulled me over on a rural road, put me down for 70 in a 55, but cut the charge to 65, whoopee.

Exactly one week later the same chick pulls me over for talking on my cell phone (long story on that one)

"Oh, this is only $20" sez she...

yeah, and $83 court costs, thank you very much..

Think I will move to Baja where there are no points on your record, no driving school and a little mordida to solve the problem.

CP - 10-15-2008 at 09:58 AM

Two weeks ago I was driving with a friend (her truck) through Insurgentes where on the northern end of town a cop motioned us to stop and began asking for DL, Reg etc. I was calmly doing as asked when all of a sudden my friend leaned over me and lashed out with a barrage of horrible spanish. The cop and I were both shocked - it came on so sudden and was so fierce (and so unintelligible)! I smiled at the cop who had taken his elbow of my door and backed away. He just handed me the paperwork and motioned for us to get outta there.
I would never have had the guts to do what she did. I was so proud of her.

Katiejay99 - 10-15-2008 at 10:25 AM

I have a funny one - I was driving north from TS to the border and in that long stretch from La Paz to Constitucion, I just HAD to find a bathroom. I got into Constitucion, saw the old Pemex on the left and just turned left at the red light and whipped into the lot. As I was basically running from my car to the doorway a police truck pulled in and asked me to stop. I told him he would need to wait just a minute. I came back out and he explained that I was not allowed to turn left at that light and didn't I see the sign?

I told him the only sign I was looking at was Pemex (Bano). He had a good laugh and I followed him to the police station and paid my $5 fine. I was totally embarrassed but everyone at the station got a great laugh out of it.

Barry A. - 10-15-2008 at 10:51 AM

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Originally posted by thebajarunner
Last week a CHPette pulled me over on a rural road, put me down for 70 in a 55, but cut the charge to 65, whoopee.

Exactly one week later the same chick pulls me over for talking on my cell phone (long story on that one)

"Oh, this is only $20" sez she...

yeah, and $83 court costs, thank you very much..

Think I will move to Baja where there are no points on your record, no driving school and a little mordida to solve the problem.

I had exactly the same experience-------70 in a 55 (I thought it was a 65 zone) on a down grade going north thru West Walker River Canyon north of Bridgeport, Ca--------reduced it to 65 in a 55, and he explained that it would be a minimal fine--------got the bill and it was $188. Wow, now I know how little Mono County balances their tiny budget!!!

Oh well-------I will "watch it" next time, for sure.

Barry

tjBill - 10-15-2008 at 12:49 PM

I recommend the humble, polite approach to Mexican police.

But don't pay them mordidas if you're innocent. :fire:

Udo - 10-15-2008 at 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.

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I would like to throw in my two centavos regarding the reduced speed speeding ticket:
My advice is to appear in court in regards to the ticket!
Why?
The US cop signed the ticket under penalty of perjury.
You appear in court and you get your chance to cross-examine the cop. You then ask about the reduced speeding judgement by the cop when he(she) signed that the written speed on the ticket is true under penalty of perjury.
The cop perjured himself with the incorrect speed on the ticket.
The judge will dismiss the ticket & scold the cop.
I speak from three previous experiences

fdt - 10-15-2008 at 06:04 PM

The way things are right now, I am glad she did this and it's probably what we all would do.

"she essentially b--tched him out and scolded him for hurting the image of TJ "

I Guess I Have Been Flying Under the Radar

Gypsy Jan - 10-15-2008 at 06:34 PM

In fifteen years of going from Rosarito through TJ (yes, the old road, fdt!) I have been stopped only once.

Eight years ago, at 4 am, I was taking my very sick cat to a vet in San Diego and was probably going way over the speed limit; a federale stopped me on the cuota midway through Rosarito to ask me why my placas weren't current (someone had cut off my sticker).

I showed him my current registration and explained about my cat.

He let me go, warning me to be more calm (i.e., stop crying while driving) and careful.

movinguy - 10-15-2008 at 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by bajaeng
we got pulled over in TJ a couple weeks ago by a motorcycle cop for no apparent reason, and my wife just laid into the cop with a spanish verbal barrage that I though for sure would land us in jail ... she essentially b--tched him out and scolded him for hurting the image of TJ ... I just shut up and prayed we weren't going to get tossed in jail, but the cop sighed and went back to his bike like a sad puppy ... guess it can pay to stand your ground .... my wife isnt called "spicy angel" for nothing

Respect for law enforcement is low, to say the least - far worse things to worry about in TJ . . .

CP - 10-16-2008 at 06:15 AM

Interesting, that same story by the TJ cop having been not given professional courtesy by a cop in San Diego a few weeks ago was what a cop outside Cd. Constitucion said to my friend about a year ago. Sounds like they like that one. We bought it. Friend did not get a ticket but we bought the story. Even had some empathy going for the poor disrespected fellow. I feel stupid.